Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) is pleased to announce that PTC’s product, Windchill 9.0 is now TEC Certified for use in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Evaluation Center. The PLM Evaluation Center enables you to compare and evaluate functionality based on TEC’s comprehensive model of PLM. Data used in the Evaluation Center are obtained from the vendor’s responses to TEC’s request for information (RFI). Certification ensures that PTC Windchill product’s capabilities are demonstrated to a TEC analyst based on the responses it provided in its completed TEC RFI, and PTC Windchill RFI data has been reviewed analytically and comparatively by a TEC analyst against known benchmarks.Download the full report for an in-depth look at PTC’s Windchill 9.0 with detailed functionality descriptions and comparison graphs.

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Background and Analyst View

Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts (US), Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) develops, markets, and supports PLM software solutions and related services that help manufacturers improve the competitiveness of their products and product development processes. PTC offers a suite of mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) tools and a range of Web-based collaboration technologies, enabling manufacturing companies to create virtual computer-based products (digital products), collaborate on designs within the enterprise and throughout the extended supply chain, and control the digital product information throughout the product lifecycle.

Windchill is a PLM solution that was designed from the ground up to work in a Web-based, distributed design environment. Windchill technology forms the foundation of the packages PTC offers to address data, change, configuration, and process management; product development collaboration; project management and execution; and the release of product information to manufacturing management systems. Read more

Benchmark Results for PTC’s Windchill 9.0

The benchmark graphs represent the quantity of support by PTC’s Windchill 9.0 for the functionality within each module identified in the TEC Focus Indicator, on a scale of 0 to 100 points.

The TEC Focus Indicator™ shows you which types of functionality are likely differentiators for the PTC Windchill 9.0 solution in the small business software space. Get the results

Product Review: PTC’s Windchill 9.0

TEC Analyst Observations on PTC’s Windchill 9.0

This certification confirmed Windchill’s strengths, as well as identified potential functionality areas for the solution to become stronger. We are convinced that Windchill, as one of the pioneers of solutions of its kind, is a comprehensive PLM solution that serves collaboration around product design and development within the extended enterprise environment for the discrete manufacturing sector. We expect to see further enhancements in the near future. Read more

Detailed Functionality Graphs forPTC’s Windchill 9.0

The benchmark graphs represent the quantity of support by PTC’s Windchill 9.0 for the functionality within each module identified in the TEC Focus Indicator, on a scale of 0 to 100 points.

Product Development and Portfolio Management

Manufacturing Process Management (MPM)

Core PLM for Discrete Industries

Regulatory and Compliance

Core PLM for Process Industries

Service Data Management (Discrete)

Ideation and Requirements Management

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